Friday

Facing my UFOs (UnFinished Objects)

Inspired by Anne's "Finish Fifty" project over at Flax and Twine, I decided to take some time to be honest with myself about the status of my ufos. I knew it was time- that I had hit a saturation point. The thought of buying yarn, starting a new pattern, reading a new magazine... it just made me feel weary, and I knew it was time to do some inner knitterly housekeeping. Here is a dossier of what I found, with Ravelry links:

I need a plan. My husband asked me if I could just only work on these until they are all done, but I don't know... I have three contracted designs in the pipeline, and they are due before I could ever possibly finish all of these projects. So I decided to take a "two steps forward, one step back" approach. Before I cast on one new project, I need to finish two existing projects. I think that is reasonable, and a good motivation to move some of these sleepers along. My hope is that by the end of winter, I will have half a dozen or so wrapped up, and renew that knitterly spring in my step!

I will admit there was quite a bit of trepidation when I first thought of pulling *all* of the projects out of hiding, but it has been really good for me to do this. Sometimes things aren't so big as they seem!

I made a goal to finish the UFO's I have before starting new ones, so far going pretty well. Then yesterday I went to a really great yarn sale and, well, let's just say I have 3 projects going right now....

Oh, I like the 40 day idea, that is a good way to go about it. So far I have finished four projects, cast on one new one, and am getting ready to cast on another, so far, so good... but then again, it has only been a week or two ;)